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'File 8/1 Arms Traffic' [138r] (280/624)
The record is made up of 1 file (308 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1925-22 Apr 1939. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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K0WSIT-I3XQ AiRMS JUGGLING.
Mr. Walton.
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I « SW ... .«» j/sootf . reading
of Dr. Naji’s statement (vide para. 3 of Mr. Scott’s
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letter of 3rd September). The statement made by Dr.
Naji is contained in para. 9 Political ^ent, Koweit
telegram No. 324 of 10 th November, 1936, (P.Z.8744/36).
The Mutassarifs report is give'ri in Ambassador, Bagh-
dad, telegram of 7th November 1936 (P.Z.8534/36), and
consists of a bald statement that arms smuggling from
Koweit into Iraq has started again. This is the report
(together with other reports) which Dr. Naji denies are
correct. How in these circumstances Mr. Scott can read
into Dr. Naji’s denial merely "an admission that re
ports of open and active encouragement given by the
Shaikh to a rms smuggling were unfounded" personally
I do not understand. As for Mr. Scott further saying
"doubtless if Dr. Naji went any further he was not
reflecting the view of the matter usually taken in
Iraq", it seems to me that a d efinite statement by a
r I o ?
responsible Iraqi official who at that time held the
important post of Foreign Minister jmist have consider-
ably more weight than the vie^ of other individuals.
As I have pointed out in para. 3 of my letter of June
8 th (P. Z.4378/37), the Iraqi Government are c ontinually
bringing accusations against Koweit of arms traffic
without producing any proof, and I regard Dr. Naji’s
statement as of considerable importance as a protection
against such vague accusations. I deprecate very
strongly any attempt to whittle Dr. Naji’s statement
away/-
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This file contains correspondence between the various Political Agents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire, the ruler of Kuwait, and various other officials on the arms trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Most of the papers pertain to a broad attempt to control the illegal trade in arms. The correspondents speculate and investigate the manufacture of arms- and the geographic origins, smuggling routes, and identities of intermediaries involved in the arms trade. Most of the trade occurs between the Arab ports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , southern Iraq, and the ports of the Persian side of the Gulf, but particularly the Makran coast.
Of note is a widespread investigation into the theft of arms from the Iraqi Army carried into the Arabian Peninsula by way of Bedouin tribesmen.
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- 1 file (308 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 310; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/308
- Title
- 'File 8/1 Arms Traffic'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:20v, 22r:25v, 27r:35v, 37r:47v, 49r:55v, 57r:88v, 90r:94v, 96r:152v, 154r:163v, 165r:166v, 168r:168v, 170r:177v, 179r:309v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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